March 3, 2021 (Peoria, Ariz.) - The smell of freshly cut grass. The sound of bats hitting balls. Spring training is in the air and the Padres have kicked it off in Peoria, Arizona, hoping for a better result than last season when they were eliminated in the NLDS by the Dodgers. Today they played a game against the Brewers. Drew Rasmussen started for the Brewers against new Padre Blake Snell.
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January 18, 2021 (San Diego) - Grossmont High alum Joe Musgrove has been with the Astros, the Pirates and now he's finally coming home to play for his Padres, NBC 7 reports.
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December 28, 2020 (San Diego) - In probably one of the biggest offseason moves the Padres have ever made, the Friars signed top starting pitchers Blake Snell from the Tampa Bay Rays and Yu Darvish from the Chicago Cubs, ESPN reports.
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October 13, 2020 (San Diego) - Padres' outfielder Tommy Pham was stabbed outside of a strip club on Sunday night.
Pham was outside of Pacers Showgirls International on Midway Drive around 10:35 p.m. on Sunday when an argument broke out near his car. Pham claims he did not know anyone in the altercation and was stabbed when he asked them to get away from his car.
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October 8, 2020 (Arlington, Texas) - The Padres are in danger of their season ending tonight, but they gave it their best in game three with Dustin May on the mound for the Dodgers against Adrian Morejon.
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October 7, 2020 (Arlington, Texas) - The Padres dropped game one of the NLDS to the Dodgers last night. They looked to rebound tonight with Zach Davies on the mound against Clayton Kershaw for the Dodgers.
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Photo: Ryan Weathers is the second pitcher ever and fifth player and youngest player in MLB history to make his debut in the postseason. Via @Padres on Twitter
October 6, 2020 (Arlington, Texas) - The Padres were ready for game one of the National League Division Series tonight against who else but the Dodgers. The Padres got Mike Clevinger back to start game one against Walker Buehler for the Dodgers.
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Photo: Jake Cronenworth became the first Padres rookie ever to homer in a postseason game. Via @padres on Twitter
October 2, 2020 (San Diego) - The Padres forced game three in the Wild Card series against the Cardinals and it all ended tonight. Jack Flaherty started for St. Louis against Craig Stammen for San Diego.
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Photo: Fernando Tatis Jr. became the youngest player to homer in a Padres postseason game and the third-youngest MLB player with a multi-home run postseason game at 21 years and 273 days. Via @padres on Twitter
October 1, 2020 (San Diego) - The Padres needed to win game two of the wild card today to keep their playoff hopes alive. Adam Wainwright started for St. Louis against Zach Davies.
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September 30, 2020 (San Diego) - The Padres started their first playoff run since 2006 with a best-of-three wild card series against the Cardinals. Kwang-hyn Kim started for St, Louis against Chris Paddack.
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September 25, 2020 (San Francisco) - The playoff-bound Padres began the last series of the regular season with a doubleheader against the Giants.
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September 24, 2020 (San Diego) - The Padres will host several drive-in events at Petco Park leading up to the Padres' playoff games.
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Photo: Dinelson Lamet struck out 11 Dodgers. Via @padres on Twitter
September 14, 2020 (San Diego) - After an odd series against the Giants that had some COVID postponements, the Padres hoped this series with the Dodgers would go swimmingly. Clayton Kershaw started game one for the Dodgers tonight against Dinelson Lamet.
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September 10, 2020 (San Diego) - After sweeping the Rockies, the Padres welcomed the Giants for a four-game weekend series tonight. Trevor Cahill started for the Giants tonight against Chris Paddack.
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Photo: Wil Myers' RBI triple in the sixth gave the Padres the lead they needed to win. Via @padres on Twitter
September 9, 2020 (San Diego) - The Padres got a monumental 14-5 win last night, hitting their season high for runs scored and took the series against the Rockies. Tonight, they looked for the sweep. Antonio Senzatela started for Colorado against Zach Davies.
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Photo: Wil Myers' grand slam in the first gave the Padres the lead for the rest of the game. Via @padres on Twitter
September 8, 2020 (San Diego) - After a nice walk-off win last night, the Padres looked to take the series against the Rockies tonight. Chi Chi Gonzalez started for Colorado against Mike Clevinger.
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September 7, 2020 (San Diego) - The Padres celebrated Labor Day by coming home and returning to National League play with a series against the Rockies. Kyle Freeland started tonight’s game one for Colorado against Dinelson Lamet.
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September 4, 2020 (Oakland) - After taking the series against the Angels, the Padres traveled up north for more AL West play against the Athletics. Zach Davies started tonight’s game one against Jesus Luzardo for Oakland.
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Photo: Eric Hosmer hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning. Via @padres on Twitter
September 2, 2020 (Anaheim) - After a day off, the Padres were back to interleague play with a series against the Angels. Dinelson Lamet started tonight’s game one against Julio Teheran for the Angels.
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August 31, 2020 (Denver) - After a big win last night and holding the Rockies to just two runs, the Padres looked to take the series with Garrett Richards on the mound against German Marquez for Colorado.
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August 25, 2020 (San Diego) - The Padres continued interleague play tonight with a visit from the Mariners. Marco Gonzales started for Seattle against Chris Paddack.
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Photo: Eric Hosmer hit the Padres' fourth grand slam in four consecutive games, an MLB first. Via @padres on Twitter
August 20, 2020 (San Diego) - After a huge walk-off win last night thanks to Manny Machado, the Padres looked to sweep the series against the Rangers tonight. Kyle Gibson started for Texas against Dinelson Lamet.
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Photo: Manny Machado's grand slam in the 10th gave the Padres the win. Via @padres on Twitter
August 19, 2020 (San Diego) - The Padres have been clobbering the Rangers so far in interleague play. Tonight, they were back in San Diego on the home-at-home series and looked to take 3 of 4 with Lance Lynn starting for Texas against Chris Paddack.
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Photo: Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a monster grand slam in the eighth inning. Via @padres on Twitter
August 17, 2020 (Arlington, Texas) - After a lackluster series against the Diamondbacks, the Padres traveled to Texas for their first interleague series of the season against the Rangers. Zach Davies started against former Padre Jordan Lyles for the Rangers.
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Photo: despite Dinelson Lamet's incredible pitching performane, a solo homer in the sixth to Kole Calhoun was his demise. Via @padres on Twitter
August 14, 2020 (Phoenix) - The Padres had a rough few days in Los Angeles. They looked to do better in Arizona with Dinelson Lamet starting game one against Merrill Kelly for the Diamondbacks.
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August 12, 2020 (Los Angeles) - After a good win last night, the Padres set back out to take game three against the Dodgers. Zach Davies started against Tony Gonsolin for LA.
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August 9, 2020 (San Diego) - The Padres looked to split the series with Arizona today. Madison Bumgarner on the mound for Arizona against Dinelson Lamet.
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August 5, 2020 (San Diego) - The Padres suffered a tough loss last night against the Dodgers and looked to rebound in game three tonight. Ross Stripling started for the Dodgers against Garrett Richards.
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August 4, 2020 (San Diego) - The Padres earned themselves a tight win against the Dodgers last night. Dustin May started for LA against Dinelson Lamet.
It was deadlocked until the third when Fernando Tatis Jr. lined a triple to right that scored Francisco Mejia all the way from first and the Padres took a 1-0 lead after three.
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Photo: Fernando Tatis Jr. saved the day twice for the Padres, with an RBI single and a homer. Via @padres on Twitter
July 31, 2020 (Denver) - After a good series against the Giants, the Padres turned their sights eastward to Denver and a weekend series with the Rockies. Garrett Richards started tonight’s game one against Jon Gray for the Rockies.
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